Security & Resiliency Initiative, Field Research Analyst, Analyst

Job Description:

JPMorganChase is seeking a Field Research Analyst to join the Security & Resiliency Initiative (SRI) Strategic Investment Group in New York City. This role supports investment due diligence and thesis development across multiple verticals, including Defense, Future Technology, Supply Chain, and Energy. The Analyst will spend the majority of their time engaging external stakeholders via calls/Zoom to generate differentiated, primary-source insights for the investment team.
Job Responsibilities
* Primary research & external engagement (core): Identify, source, and engage relevant stakeholders (industry practitioners, operators, academics, former executives, and other domain experts) primarily via phone/Zoom to inform diligence and investment theses.
* Interview planning & execution: Prepare outreach messaging, develop interview guides, and conduct/lead expert calls (with guidance early on), capturing decision-useful insights with high-quality notes and timely summaries.
* Competitive intelligence: Research companies, industries, and emerging trends; synthesize findings into clear implications for the investment process.
* Diligence support: Maintain pipelines of contacts, track diligence workstreams, coordinate scheduling, and support the team's decision timeline with organized, high-signal outputs.
* Insight communication: Rapidly distill key takeaways into concise updates (call notes, 1-pagers, thematic memos) and verbal readouts for early-stage decision-making.
* Research integrity & discretion: Apply strong judgment and professionalism; handle sensitive information appropriately and adhere to ethical research standards.
* Collaboration: Partner closely with investors to refine research questions, pressure-test assumptions, and integrate findings into investment recommendations.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
* Education: Bachelor's degree to be completed between Dec 2025 - Jun 2026 (or equivalent); ideally from a Liberal Arts college/university with demonstrated coursework exposure across STEM disciplines (e.g., economics/statistics, computer science, engineering, data science, environmental science, physics, math).
* Comfort with high-volume external calls: Demonstrated ability (through internships, campus roles, or projects) to engage professionally with new contacts, ask strong questions, and learn quickly in live conversations.
* Communication: Excellent writing and verbal communication; able to synthesize ambiguity into clear, decision-relevant summaries.
* Analytical thinking: Strong critical thinking and structured problem-solving; able to form hypotheses and test them with evidence from primary and secondary sources.
* Project management: Able to manage multiple parallel workstreams, prioritize under deadlines, and maintain attention to detail.
* Integrity & discretion: High ethical standards and sound judgment handling sensitive topics and confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
* Internship or campus experience in research, investigative journalism, consulting, competitive intelligence, policy, risk, or investing